| Type | Tornado outbreak |
|---|---|
| Duration | August 7-8, 1986 |
| Tornadoes confirmed | 7 |
| Max. rating1 | F4 tornado |
| Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 20 hours |
| Fatalities | 0 fatalities |
| Damage | $8.7 million 1986 USD[1] ($24 million 2024 USD) |
| 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
The 1986 New England tornado outbreak was a series of tornadoes which affected several states in New England on August 7 and 8, 1986. The most notable and destructive of these tornadoes tracked through the city of Providence, Rhode Island, injuring 20 people.
List of official tornadoes
edit| FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| August 7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F# | Location | County | Time (UTC) | Path length | Damage | |
| Massachusetts | ||||||
| F1 | Lexington to Burlington | Middlesex | 1310 | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) | Touched down near the southeastern end of Hanscom Air Force Base, moving north-northeast. | |
| Rhode Island | ||||||
| F1 | Lincoln | Providence | 1430 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) | ||
| F2 | Cranston to Providence | Providence | 1515 | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) | Twenty injuries, mostly minor. | |
| New Hampshire | ||||||
| F1 | Wakefield to Parsonsfield, Maine | Carroll to York (Maine) | 1510 | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) | ||
| F1 | Tuftonboro | Carroll | 1549 | 0.2 miles (0.3 km) | ||
| Maine | ||||||
| F1 | Shapleigh | York | 1519 | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Vermont | ||||||
| F0 | West Milford to Ringwood | Passaic | 1640 | 0.1 miles (0.2 km) | See main section on the New Jersey tornadoes. | |
| August 8 | ||||||
| Rhode Island | ||||||
| F1 | Pascoag to Millville, Massachusetts | Providence to Worcester (Massachusetts) | 0915 | 7.0 miles (10 km) | ||
| Sources: NCDC Storm Events Database[2] "Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991"[1] SPC Storm Data[3] | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Grazulis, Thomas P (July). Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ National Climatic Data Center. "Storm Events Database". NOAA. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ^ Data from the Storm Prediction Center archives, which are accessible through SeverePlot, free software created and maintained by John Hart, lead forecaster for the SPC.
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